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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7404366 | Flat type seed meter disk with protruded pick up orifices A flat seed disk is provided with a series of circumferentially arranged seed retaining protrusions providing seed retention at locations offset axially from the remainder of the disk. The offset allows the seed to fall in the correct location of the seed tube to re... | 07/29/2008 |
| 7273016 | Variable speed drive for agricultural seeding machines An agricultural seeding machine includes a mechanical drive; a seed meter including a driven shaft; and a planetary gear set. The planetary gear set includes an input shaft connected with the drive, an output shaft connected with the driven shaft, a ring gear, and a... | 09/25/2007 |
| 7188680 | Hydraulically adjustable hinged hitch An agricultural implement includes a pivoting assembly, a working assembly, and a tow bar assembly. The working assembly includes a front gang of coulters and a rear gang of coulters. The pivoting assembly includes a hydraulic cylinder. The hydraulic cylinder is adj... | 03/13/2007 |
| 7185596 | Seed slide for use in an agricultural seeding machine A seeding machine includes at least one seed metering system and at least one seed placement system. Each seed placement system is in communication with a corresponding seed metering system. Each seed placement system includes a seed slide having a bottom end and a ... | 03/06/2007 |
| 6955131 | Dual material placing apparatus with depth adjusting pivot point A dual material dispensing assembly mountable to a frame for pulling assembly across the ground. The assembly includes an elongate main member having a first end mountable to the frame and a second end pivotally connected to a packer arm at a pivotable joint. A firs... | 10/18/2005 |
| 6932236 | Method and apparatus for improving the efficiency of a John Deere vacuum planter The efficiency of a John Deere planter to plant corn seed is improved where the planter is of the type having a vacuum operated metering unit enclosing a seed disk and a double eliminator. To improve the efficiency a kit is provided including an improved seed disk, ... | 08/23/2005 |
| 6745710 | Drive element for gearbox output A gearbox is drivingly coupled to a seed meter by a drive element. The drive element comprises a drive shaft on which is mounted a multifaceted sleeve. The multifaceted sleeve is pinned to the drive shaft by a cotter pin. The cotter pin provides torque protection by... | 06/08/2004 |
| 6619219 | Garlic upright-positioning and planting device A garlic upright-positioning and planting device has a simple structure by which a garlic clove can be planted while the garlic clove is kept at its upright posture with its blunt root portion directed toward the ground. There is provided a garlic plantin... | 09/16/2003 |
| 6273010 | Singulating brush assembly A singulating brush for a finger pickup seed meter comprising a flat carrier on which two sets of bristles are mounted. The flat carrier defines two mounting positions for the singulating brush. In its first mounting position the first set of bristles of ... | 08/14/2001 |
| 6247417 | Equidistant planting system An equidistant planting system for accurately placing seeds in a furrow thereby providing increased crop yields. The inventive device includes a rim member having a lower opening, a main disk rotatably positioned within the rim member, a plurality of feed... | 06/19/2001 |
| 6142086 | Air seeder singulation system An air seeder singulation system for evenly dispensing seed amongst a plurality of rows. The inventive device includes a vacuum drum rotably mounted within a pressurized housing, a supply tube is connected to the housing and to a manifold to provide press... | 11/07/2000 |
| 5535917 | Distributor for a seed spacing drill with a flat distributor disc and deflector Distributor for a seed spacing drill, including a casing having an overall cylindrical shape, inside of which a flat distributor disc is rotatably mounted. The disc is equipped with circumferentially-spaced holes which have dimensions smaller than the see... | 07/16/1996 |
| 5501366 | Single-seed dispenser of a pneumatic precision sower A single-seed dispenser of a pneumatic precision sower includes a seed supply container, a housing defining a suction chamber, and rotatable perforated dispenser disc interposed between the supply container and the housing. At least one partition member i... | 03/26/1996 |
| 5413055 | All terrain seeder A seeder designed to seed all types of terrain including remote disrupted areas such as pipelines, oil wells, and the like. The seeder has a seeder box that is designed to be carried on the front of a vehicle and soil firming wheels on a drawbar that is p... | 05/09/1995 |
| 5377867 | Selector pin seed meter The present invention is directed to a seed meter for corn. The seed meter comprises a stationary casing with two rotatably mounted discs. The casing is provided with a seed receiving zone in communication with a inlet, and a seed discharge zone in commun... | 01/03/1995 |
| 5351634 | Grass planter A grass planting apparatus which is adapted for connection to a tractor or other motor vehicle and which is well suited for no till operation in the planting of warm season and other Grasses is disclosed. In one embodiment, the apparatus includes a frame ... | 10/04/1994 |
| 5156102 | Apparatus for sowing granular material An apparatus for sowing granular material, particularly in combination with a harrow, including a storage hopper (1) which at its outlet is provided with at least one injector (4) operated by a blower (6) and connected with a transport conduit (5) leading... | 10/20/1992 |
| 5082126 | Distributor for a monoseed sowing machine The distributor comprises a generally cylindrical case which is formed by a housing (1) and a cover (4) between which is rotatively mounted a distributor disk (18) provided with circumferentially spaced-apart orifices (48, 50). Inside the housing, a parti... | 01/21/1992 |
| 5058766 | Seed meter for row crop planter unit A seed meter for a row crop planter unit having a seed disc rotating in a vertical plane includes improvements for seating individual seeds in seed cells on the periphery of the seed disc as the seed disc rotates through the seed reservoir. The improvemen... | 10/22/1991 |
| 5027725 | Seed dispenser for planters A seed dispenser is provided for an agricultural planter and is designed to dispense seeds of substantially uniform size and shape, to which end the dispenser has a drum-like casing provided with horizontally spaced apart upright walls spanned and joined ... | 07/02/1991 |
| 5024173 | Clutch for chemical dispenser for planter A clutch arrangement for a particulate chemical meter for use in a planter includes an axially and rotationally moveable shaft having a coupler on a first end and a knob on a second end thereof. The clutch shaft is inserted through and coupled to a chain-... | 06/18/1991 |
| 5009175 | Potato planter A potato planter (10) having a horizontally disposed auger housing (23) divided longitudinally into two halves by separator plate (37), said housing being open at the top at the forward end for receiving seed potatoes from seed hopper (11) and open at the... | 04/23/1991 |
| 4989524 | Dibber drills A metering and dibbing assembly for use in a dibber drill comprises a rotary feed section, inlet means for introducing seed at successive seed-retaining locations in the rotary feed section, a rotary dibber section having a plurality of dibber elements at... | 02/05/1991 |
| 4949869 | Distributor for a monoseed sowing machine The distributor comprises a generally cylindrical case which is formed by a housing (1) and a cover (4) between which is rotatively mounted a distributor disk (18) provided with circumferentially spaced-apart orifices (48, 50). Inside the housing, a parti... | 08/21/1990 |
| 4934290 | Mobile planter A planter for placement of plants in spaced parallel rows in the soil has a plant dispenser fed manually or automatically from a plant supply and delivering to a furrow-opening coulter assembly and press wheels. The plant dispenser comprises a drum having... | 06/19/1990 |
| 4793511 | Seed meter having seed disk aperture cleaning wiper and brush arrangement In a seed meter in which individual seeds from a seed mass within a first chamber on a first side of a seed disk rotatably mounted within a housing are transported by at least one circumferential row of apertures within the seed disk to a separate seed di... | 12/27/1988 |
| 4741428 | Supply hopper assembly A hopper assembly for use in a product transporting apparatus having a rotary drum having at least one circumferential row of equally spaced, radially inwardly recessed pockets for receiving therein products to be transported while they are sucked therein... | 05/03/1988 |
| 4718574 | Sowing assembly for single-seed sowing machines In a sowing assembly for single-seed sowing machines, the housing forms a vacuum chamber (1). In the housing is mounted a drive shaft (4) which carries a mounting plate (7) to which is in turn releasably fixed an apertured plate (8) whose radially outer e... | 01/12/1988 |
| 4718363 | Multi-purpose seeding machine A vacuum type seeding machine including a rotatably mounted cylindrical seeding drum, a vacuum manifold member and a supporting member for the cylindrical seeding drum rotatable relative to the manifold member for applying vacuum to the cylindrial seeding... | 01/12/1988 |
| 4717289 | Horizontally disposed apparatus for the random distribution of seeds and granular materials The farm implement for distributing particles such as seeds or granular fertilizers has an apparatus for splitting a single particle-entraining air stream into a plurality of individual streams containing uniform and randomly divided quantities of particl... | 01/05/1988 |
| 4715515 | Hopper and metering mechanism structure for an agricultural implement Hopper and meter support structure for easy removal of hopper and metering mechanisms to facilitate converting a complete grain drill or similar implement from one row spacing to another. A molded plastic hopper rests on transversely extending beam member... | 12/29/1987 |
| 4705220 | Granular applicator with interchangeable metering wheels An improved, more versatile applicator (10) for precisely dispensing granular chemicals, fertilizers or seed, includes a hopper (14) with a metering assembly (40) mounted over a material discharge opening (34) in an inclined wall of the closed, convergent... | 11/10/1987 |
| 4688698 | Seed dispensing mechanisms A seed dispensing mechanism for a precision row crop planter employs a pressure differential to cause seeds to be held to a series of seed apertures in a rotary disc. The disc is of stainless steel of very thin gauge whereby the disc deforms under the pre... | 08/25/1987 |
| 4650093 | Apparatus for separating and distributing granular goods Apparatus for separating and distributing granular goods includes a housing and a bucket wheel rotatable in the housing, the bucket wheel having an outer receiving side and an inner side along with a plurality of spaced-through holes extending between the... | 03/17/1987 |
| 4646939 | Selector device for the distributor of a so-called "single seed" seed drill A selector device for a distributor of a so-called "single-seed" seed drill. It comprises a transportation member, a surface of which moves continuously between a seed hopper and a transportation device with, in that surface, orifices communicating with a... | 03/03/1987 |
| 4628841 | Single grain sowing machine In a single grain sowing machine, the seed grains (0) supplied out of the seed container (1) are separated by means of a feeding wheel (2). This feeding wheel (2) is covered up to a point where it leaves the housing (8). There is also a sowing wheel (4) w... | 12/16/1986 |
| 4545511 | Peanut seed meter The present invention is directed to an improved peanut seed meter including a peanut hopper bottom having an outer disposed ring for engaging the seed hopper, and an inner disposed dome to define a peanut seed feeding space there-between. The hopper bott... | 10/08/1985 |
| 4519525 | Seed dispenser for planters A dispenser that includes a vertical wall, a selector drum having an open end mounted for rotation in sealing relationship on the wall, the drum having circumferentially spaced openings about its periphery for seeds, a seed hopper having a conduit for sup... | 05/28/1985 |
| 4515291 | Seed planter, planter assembly and method of picking up and discharging single seeds A seed planter comprises a seed transport member, usually in the form of a disc, having a number of depressions provided with ramp surfaces sloping downwardly from the surface of the seed transport member into the depression. Air is fed into the deepest p... | 05/07/1985 |
| 4511061 | Stirrer-feeder for pneumatic distributors drills A stirrer-feeder for pneumatic seed distributors includes a rotating body which is placed on the inside of a seed-holding tank and which is provided with flexible extensions that gliding next to holes provided on a distributor disk which is also in the ta... | 04/16/1985 |
